December 2011
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eyymandamarie asked: Lady! As a fellow inspiring writer, how did you pin yourself down into a major? I started in journalism and realized quickly it was not at all how I wanted to write.
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“Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.”
– John Heywood, a man who agrees with me that tapping into the power of the soul matters.
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Eating by the book - cleanly and colorfully.
As part of my Christmas bounty (which was composed primarily of dishes and towels), I received two vegan cookbooks, both by author Colleen Patrick-Goudreau: Color Me Vegan and The Joy of Vegan Baking.
Inspired by the veritable cornucopia of options in the texts, I rushed out last night and bought my own weight in produce. No meat, no eggs, no milk (just soy). I bought a weeny thing of sour cream...
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“What, exactly, is the lifecycle of a woman’s body doing under the...”
– Inga Muscio, on the field of birth control methods in her radical novel Cunt.
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Feminism and a big, uncomfortable word.
I’ve always identified as a feminist. It sort of fell on me in high school, when I realized that demanding my own course in life (minus husband, minus traditional gender roles, as an independent lady) had a delightful epithet attached to it.
In middle school - when I was a burgeoning teenager and just up to any trouble I could muster as a church devotee - I made my first feminist tracks...
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“Hello, sun in my face. Hello you who made the morning and spread it over the...”
– Mary Oliver, a woman who just plain speaks my language.
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“How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last...”
– John Burroughs, a man who understands my thoughts as I ponder the season’s last hints of color.
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A quick note to regular readers.
It’s finals week, and that’s why I’m not around. Today my agenda includes writing an eight page paper, another three page paper and studying for an exam on Tuesday.
Let’s just say that it may be a while until I’m back in action.